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Page 69
... the Heralds ' College ; and we find , from the first list of charges , that his expenditure in house - keeping for himself and his whole retinue , including horses , did not amount to more than forty - six pounds , seven shillings ...
... the Heralds ' College ; and we find , from the first list of charges , that his expenditure in house - keeping for himself and his whole retinue , including horses , did not amount to more than forty - six pounds , seven shillings ...
Page 70
amounted to the sum of three shillings , and his desserts , consisting of cherries , to two - pence ! There is an article also for rushes , which , even in the apartments of the palace , had not yet given way to the much more cleanly ...
amounted to the sum of three shillings , and his desserts , consisting of cherries , to two - pence ! There is an article also for rushes , which , even in the apartments of the palace , had not yet given way to the much more cleanly ...
Page 248
Of the plate included in this inventory , which is estimated at the rate of about five shillings per ounce , being equal to one pound of the present currency , the articles are not numerous . The table- service appears to have consisted ...
Of the plate included in this inventory , which is estimated at the rate of about five shillings per ounce , being equal to one pound of the present currency , the articles are not numerous . The table- service appears to have consisted ...
Page 263
... we are informed that two shillings were paid for vi cabishes , and some caret rootts bought at Hull , " and by another in the same year , that a messenger was sent to the above seaport for two ropes of onions .
... we are informed that two shillings were paid for vi cabishes , and some caret rootts bought at Hull , " and by another in the same year , that a messenger was sent to the above seaport for two ropes of onions .
Page 273
Of the dramatic power of these vagrants , who strolled about the country from one nobleman's house to another , and were rewarded for each en- tertainment with a few shillings , it is impossible to form any high idea .
Of the dramatic power of these vagrants , who strolled about the country from one nobleman's house to another , and were rewarded for each en- tertainment with a few shillings , it is impossible to form any high idea .
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| Title | Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2 Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Nathan Drake |
| Author | Nathan Drake |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
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